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System administration.
Keep the server healthy.

Keep a Linux VPS healthy: install and update packages, switch on automatic security updates, add swap and move to a bigger plan without losing data.

Routine care keeps a server secure and stable: updates, memory settings and planned changes to the plan you run on.

Each guide covers Ubuntu and AlmaLinux and explains what to back up before you change anything.

4 system administration guides

System administration10 min read

Identify your distribution, install software from its repositories, and review updates before applying them.

System administration9 min read

Create a swap file, make it permanent, tune swappiness and understand when swap helps and when you simply need more memory.

System administration11 min read

Configure unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu and dnf-automatic on AlmaLinux, decide about automatic reboots and check that updates really happen.

System administration14 min read

Back up first, work out whether your disk grows automatically, extend the partition and filesystem, or migrate to a new server with rsync.